The PEOPLE v. Rogers

Defendant, Daniel Rogers, pleaded guilty to the crime of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced by the criminal court of Cook County to a term of 12 years in the penitentiary. On this writ of error to review that judgment, defendant contends that he entered his plea of guilty on the advice of incompetent court-assigned counsel, who should have moved to dismiss the charges against him, since he was not tried within four months of his imprisonment, in violation of the Illinois Criminal Code. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 748.

From the record it appears that defendant was arrested on…